recent posts widget on sidebar

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  apinchofinspirationwithevgenia · Member · Aug 13, 2015 at 1:12 am

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  Hi there,I have a free hosted blog on wordpress (livingonannette). My question is do I have the option to install plug in as an admin? I wanted to set ‘recent posts’ widget to show only posts under one category but show it on all pages. Thank you. I appreciate your help.
  Evgenia

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Aug 13, 2015 at 3:46 am

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  Hi,
  Just to be clear, you are referring to the site https://theannetteroom.wordpress.com/, correct?

  My question is do I have the option to install plug in as an admin?

  No. An administrator can’t install plugins on a WordPress.com site.

  I wanted to set ‘recent posts’ widget to show only posts under one category but show it on all pages.

  You don’t need a plugin to accomplish this. However, it can not be done with the Recent Posts widget because you can not limit the display of posts by the widget to a certain category of posts. Instead, use Display Posts Shortcode, customized to display only posts of a certain category. Example:

  [display-posts category="quotes" posts_per_page="12" include_date="true"]

  This code will display the twelve most recent posts in the “quotes” category, with the date appended to the end of each title link.

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  apinchofinspirationwithevgenia · Member · Aug 13, 2015 at 1:18 pm

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  Thank you very much for the help. I will try it this way. And, yes, my blog is on wordpress.com.

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Aug 13, 2015 at 5:53 pm

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  You’re welcome. Let us know how that works out.